Zerlina Maxwell is a political analyst and contributing writer for the New York Daily News, Feministing.com, theGrio.com, BET.com, and EBONY.com. She writes about national politics and policy and culture issues including domestic violence, sexual assault, victim blaming, and gender inequality.

Her lecture will focus on how power, privilege, and patriarchy contribute to rape culture in the United States.

Free and open to the public, this lecture is co-sponsored by Gender & Sexuality Studies, Rhodes College V-Day, Office of Student Leadership, Student Conduct, New Student Programs and Residence Life.